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Table 7 WLANs > Advanced Page Fields (Continued) Field Default Description Convert Broadcast ARP No Requests to Unicast Specify whether ARP table information should be distributed in broadcast (default) or unicast fashion. Band Steering No Enable or disable band steering on the WLAN. Band steering reduces co-channel interference and increases available bandwidth for dual-band clients, because there are more channels on the 5GHz band than on the 2.4GHz band. Dual-band 802.11n- capable clients may see even greater bandwidth improvements, because the band steering feature will automatically select between 40MHz or 20MHz channels in 802.11n networks. This feature is disabled by default, and must be enabled in a Virtual AP profile. Steering Mode prefer-5ghz Band steering supports three different band steering modes.  Force-5GHz: When the AP is configured in force-5GHz band steering mode, the AP will try to force 5Ghz-capable APs to use that radio band.  Prefer-5GHz (Default): If you configure the AP to use prefer-5GHz band steering mode, the AP will try to steer the client to 5G band (if the client is 5G capable) but will let the client connect on the 2.4G band if the client persists in 2.4G association attempts.  Balance-bands: In this band steering mode, the AP tries to balance the clients across the two radios in order to best utilize the available 2.4G bandwidth. This feature takes into account the fact that the 5Ghz band has more channels than the 2.4 GHz band, and that the 5Ghz channels operate in 40MHz while the 2.5Ghz band operates in 20MHz. NOTE: Steering modes do not take effect until the band steering feature has been enabled. The band steering feature in ArubaOS versions 3.3.2-5.0 does not support multiple band-steering modes. The band-steering feature in these versions of ArubaOS functions the same way as the default prefer-5GHz steering mode available in ArubaOS 6.0 and later. Dynamic Multicast No Optimization (DMO) If enabled, DMO techniques will be used to reliably transmit video data. Dynamic Multicast 6 Optimization (DMO) Threshold (2-255) Maximum number of high-throughput stations in a multicast group beyond which dynamic multicast optimization stops. Select Add to create the WLAN, or click Save to finish reconfiguring an existing WLAN. The WLAN appears on the WLANs page in the Dell PowerConnect W Configuration navigation pane. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Configuration Guide Dell PowerConnect W Configuration Reference | 51

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Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2
| Configuration Guide
Dell PowerConnect W Configuration Reference
|
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Select
Add
to create the WLAN, or click
Save
to finish reconfiguring an existing WLAN. The WLAN appears on
the
WLANs
page in the Dell PowerConnect W Configuration navigation pane.
Convert Broadcast ARP
Requests to Unicast
No
Specify whether ARP table information should be distributed in broadcast (default) or
unicast fashion.
Band Steering
No
Enable or disable band steering on the WLAN. Band steering reduces co-channel
interference and increases available bandwidth for dual-band clients, because there
are more channels on the 5GHz band than on the 2.4GHz band. Dual-band 802.11n-
capable clients may see even greater bandwidth improvements, because the band
steering feature will automatically select between 40MHz or 20MHz channels in 802.11n
networks. This feature is disabled by default, and must be enabled in a Virtual AP profile.
Steering Mode
prefer-5ghz
Band steering supports three different band steering modes.
Force-5GHz
: When the AP is configured in
force-5GHz
band steering mode, the AP
will try to force 5Ghz-capable APs to use that radio band.
Prefer-5GHz
(Default): If you configure the AP to use
prefer-5GHz
band steering
mode, the AP will try to steer the client to 5G band (if the client is 5G capable) but
will let the client connect on the 2.4G band if the client persists in 2.4G association
attempts.
Balance-bands
: In this band steering mode, the AP tries to balance the clients
across the two radios in order to best utilize the available 2.4G bandwidth. This
feature takes into account the fact that the 5Ghz band has more channels than the
2.4 GHz band, and that the 5Ghz channels operate in 40MHz while the 2.5Ghz band
operates in 20MHz.
NOTE:
Steering modes do not take effect until the band steering feature has been
enabled. The band steering feature in ArubaOS versions 3.3.2-5.0 does not support
multiple band-steering modes. The band-steering feature in these versions of ArubaOS
functions the same way as the default
prefer-5GHz
steering mode available in ArubaOS
6.0 and later.
Dynamic Multicast
Optimization (DMO)
No
If enabled, DMO techniques will be used to reliably transmit video data.
Dynamic Multicast
Optimization (DMO)
Threshold (2-255)
6
Maximum number of high-throughput stations in a multicast group beyond which
dynamic multicast optimization stops.
Table 7
WLANs > Advanced Page Fields
(Continued)
Field
Default
Description